Manafort sentenced to 4 years for fraud in Mueller case

Sentence reductions are fairly common in state prisons but not as common at the federal level. As long as the judge that sentenced him is still
serving it is at his discretion . One of the reasons I mentioned it was that besides malicious prosecution Manafort appeared in a wheelchair. If
he files a motion it will probably be on the grounds of compassionate release .

There really isn't much in the way of parallels between the two cases as far as I understand them.

The investigation began in mid-2005, after an investor alleged $400,000 in bribes were paid through a company maintained in the name of
Jefferson's spouse and children. The money was traced to a tech company named iGate, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky. In return for the payment, it is
alleged, Jefferson would help iGate's business. Jefferson was to persuade the U.S. Army to test iGate's broadband two-way technology and other iGate
products; use his efforts to influence high-ranking officials in Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon; and meet with personnel of the Export-Import Bank of
the United States, in order to facilitate potential financing for iGate business deals in those countries.

On 30 July 2005, Jefferson was videotaped by the FBI receiving $100,000 worth of $100 bills in a leather briefcase at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in
Arlington, Virginia. Jefferson told an investor, Lori Mody, who was wearing a wire, that he would need to give Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar
$500,000 "as a motivating factor" to make sure they obtained contracts for iGate and Mody's company in Nigeria.

This was a case of a congressman of the United States taking bribes for favors while performing his official duties as a congressman. His sentence was
13 years.

From what I understand of the Manafort case his sentencing was for fraud and tax evasion, a much different type of crime. He's also facing an
additional sentencing for charges he plead guilty to last year.

Manafort was convicted last summer for defrauding banks and the government, and for failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in income he
had earned from Ukrainian political consulting.

He had long been a target of federal investigators and Mueller's team -- and was expected to be a star cooperator in Mueller's probe when he pleaded
guilty last September following a conviction at trial. That cooperation fell apart soon afterward, however, and prosecutors moved Manafort toward
learning his two sentences from separate judges.

He'll receive a sentence from the other federal judge next week, for the two crimes he pleaded guilty to last year -- witness tampering and conspiracy
related to years of illegal Ukrainian lobbying and money laundering -- which could stack on top of the time he received Thursday.

Shame he got anything, but far less than what those unhinged leftists were once again swearing up & down over.

He doesn't deserve even one day. In fact, the government should be compensating him with millions of dollars for his wasted time. Not to mention the
government employees who should be at an absolute minimum spending the rest of their natural lives in a small cage.

Paul Manafort was merely forcing the government to repay some of the money it stole for its gunpoint-forced public government welfare (ie: tax money
used to sustain any federal program, agency, department, effort or budget)

I salute you Mr. Manafort. You're still orders of magnitude better than your opposition.

Their association with President Trump is why they got caught. Otherwise they'd be going about "business as usual". The President feels responsible
for what happened. I would too. And I'd Pardon and compensate those who Mueller damaged because of me. (Remember, Mueller's probe is ILLEGITIMATE.
Lawsuits will fly after this is proven.)

Their association with President Trump is why they got caught. Otherwise they'd be going about "business as usual". The President feels responsible
for what happened. I would too. And I'd Pardon and compensate those who Mueller damaged because of me. (Remember, Mueller's probe is ILLEGITIMATE.
Lawsuits will fly after this is proven.)

It's not 'illegitimate' and you know it.
Anyway, Manafort will be in prison for the next 81 months.
Plus, as I type this he's been indicted by the New York DA for real estate fraud.

Manafort will NOT be in prison for the next 81 months. Full Pardon. For once, I agree with former CIA Director John O. Brennan, who said on MSNBC
yesterday that he's 90% sure Trump will Pardon Manafort.

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